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FALLON COUNTY TIMES
VOLUME NO. SIXTY
THUISDAY, JANUARY 4,1979
BAKER, MONTANA S9313
NUMRER1
Sixth grade
basketball
The sixth grade basketball
team traveled to Rhame to
take on the Pirate cagers on
the stormy Monday night
before school was dismissed
for the holidays. Coach Yirka's
boys started slow and never
quite caught up. Rhame ran up
a i2 point lead before Jon
Neumann finally put Baker on
the scoreboard with a free
throw and. a field goal at the
end of thc first quarter. After a
19-5 halftime deficit, Baker
came on strong, led by Scott
Eichhorn who had nine of his
game high eleven points in the
third quarter. Dean Wang
scored 4 and Billy Larson,
Brett Hickey and Tye Stuart, 2
points each, to round out the
3aker scoring. But Rhame
controlled thc court throughout and went on to win, 35-24.
Flints new
owners
i
This week the Artie Cat and
Yamaha business operated by
J. D. Kyle exchanged hands to
Buzz and Kregg Flint. Kyle
has been operating the motor-,
cycle business for about 16
years and snowmobiles for
about 11 to 12 years.
Kyle stated, "It has really
been several good years
working with the people active
in sports but I will be glad to'
return to my auto glass and.
radiator business".
The Flints will be doing
business in the present building owned by Kyle which is
north of town until some time
this spring when they plan to
move it out near the drive-in
theater.
There will not be any
interruption in business with
the change of hands and
success in their new business
is extended to the Flints.
Vets
merge
Dr. Don L. Beck is pleased
to announce his association
with Dr. R. L. Cornelius at the
Fallon County Veterinary Service. Dr. Beck has been
operating the Baker Veterinary Ginic since June 1978.
Dr. Beck and Cornelius feel
that 1. better service can be
offered their clients in that a
veterinarian will be available
it night and weekends; 2. will
.illow them to lower their
rverhead due to less duplication of equipment, drugs and
••upplies; 3. will allow occasional free time so a
veterinarian with better humor
jvill be available on night calls.
They feel that the advantages far outweigh the disadvantages and look forward
to serving the community to
the best of their ability.
Eagan trial moved out of county-
Retrial will be held in Wolf Point
Coyote poison 1080 may
be legalized for control
Despite thc fact that the
recent U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service draft environmental
impact statement on predator
control said nothing about
allowing the use of Compound
1080. Fish and Wildlife
spokesmen say that there is
still a chance the compound
could be used again someday.
According to a spokesman
for the service, experiments
involving the use of Compound
1080 • a coyote poison - as a
toxicant in sheep collars are
now underway in the west and
will be concluded by thc end of
11979. „
\ K the testa are successful,
the compound may be in use in
sheep collars sometime in the
early 1980s, the spokesman
said.
According to the Fish and
Wildlife jookesman, this is the
only testing that has been
done with the poison since the
Environmental Protection
Agency banned its use in 1972.
The debate on whether 1080
is safe for use has "been
polarized since 1972," according to Ed Johnson, Deputy
Administrator for Pesticides at
EPA, with no significant
scientific evidence gathered to
prove the poison could be
administered reliably, and if
the poison outweighed the
damages being done to "non-
tar-aet" aabnala • aaimala not
billing* lives!-*-.'-'.
If the sheep collar can be
nrnvrn to be effective.
Johnson said, the use of 1060
within it could be okayed. It is
hoped that coyotes, which
usually attack sheep by biting
their necks, will instead grab
the collar which will eject the
poison into their mouths.
Tests with sheep collars are
still inconclusive, a spokesman
for the Fish and WUdlife
Service said.
In addition to the testing of
sheep collars in Texas, applications for more extensive
1080 research have been submitted to the EPA by Montana
and Texas.
Bat, aa a -result of "hole*"
in fhtiC&mm ' for testta*;..
Johnson said the appiteatkMks
were rejected.
Farm income Improves
For many Montana farmers
and ranchers, 1978 produced a
financial turn-around from
adverse debt situations to
fairly sound financial conditions.
In assessing how 1978 treated Montana agriculture, Dr.
Jim Cornelius said the combination of good growing
conditions and higher prices
has helped producers catch up
with production costs and, for
the most part, allow them to
keep pace with inflation.
Prices for choice steer calves
jumped from about 45 cents a
pound a year ago to their
present level of approximately
85 cents, although most animals probably sold in the 60 to
70 cent range. Cornelius
credited the increase to reduced cattle numbers, a strong
demand for beef, abundant
feed and a stronger economy
which boosted consumer purchases.
"The wheat situation is a
little different because most of
the roughly 60 cents per
bushel price increase over last
year came as a result of the
farm program, which effectively took a lot of wheat off of
the market," Cornelius said.
Although wheat exports have
remained strong, the price of
wheat probably will be governed somewhat by how U.S.
wheat stocks are bandied.
Inflation hasn't been limited
to the consumer, according to
Cornelius. Although land
New minimum wage
starts January T
Nearly 5.3 million American
workers will be eligible for a
pay raise on January 1, 1979,
when the Federal minimuir
wage rises to $2.90 per hour,
the U.S. Department of Laboi
announced.
Approximately 20,670
workers are covered by the
raise in Montana and 159,000
in the six state region which
Includes Co!o.. North and
South Dakota, Utah and
Wyoming.
On November 1. 1977,
President Carter signed
■amenamentt to the fair Labor
Standards Act (FLSA) eslab-
values in Montana are relatively low on a national scale,
they increased during 1978 by
17 percent, which was one of
the fastest rates in the
country.
"This means that even
though cash flow problems
continue to exist for fanners
and ranchers, those producers
who weathered the storm and
stayed in business continued
to accrue a higher net worth.
But higher land values also
mean it is getting progressively harder to get into
farming," Cornelius said.
He expects short term credit
to stay at least at the current
high levels for the next few
months. This may cause some
Furs In
groat
demand
The trapper* and hunters
are getting prime prices for
their predators this year as
furs are in great demand
throughout tbe nation.
Coyotes, fox, badger and
raccoon are this area's; most
popular animals. -'■''
When we called Leo Beckers
at Baker Hide and Fur to see
what the going prices are for
these animals, he reported
that he has given up to $100
for coyote, $90 for fox, $60-65
for badger and between $45-50
for raccoon. Of course, these
prices are determined by the
condition of the pelts.
producer;!, to postpone long
and intermediate term investments in the year ahead.
Seniors
apply far
$500
The Montana Association ot
Gerk & Recorders (MACR) is
again offering one $500.00
scholarship to a Montana
senior going into business
administration, political
sciences, secretarial or
government related studies.
This is the second year this
scholarship haa been offered
and was won by a girl from
Dodson last year. A Baker
high school girl was selected
for the five county district and
was rated among the top
applicants at state level, so it
is not impossible for this
scholarship to be awarded to a
Fallon County student. They
have as good a chance of
winning as anyone but do have
to apply by February 1.
The money for this scholarship is given to MACR by
News Election Service in payment of the precinct judges
and clerks calling in the
election returns from the po".s
on election night.
Scholarship application
forma are available at both
Plevna and Baker high schools
and at ihe Clerk 4 Recorder's
office and are due back in the
Clerk and Recorder's offlce by
February 1. Seniors pick up
your application now while it is
fresh on your mind and see if
we can bring this honor to
Fallon County.
Pat Kelly, attorney for
Gloria Eagan, made a motion
to the court for a change of
venue to have her re-trial
changed from FallonCounty to
Roosevelt County in Wolf
Point.
Mrs. Eagan was charged
with Mitigated Deliberate
Homicide in the shooting
death of Russell Hanson on
July 13,1975. She was brought
to trial in Fallon County in
February, 1976, and was found
guilty by a ten man, three
woman jury. She was sentenced by Judge Alfred B.
Coate on February 26,1976, to
five years incarceration in the
state prison at Deer- Lodge
with the sentencing not to
begin until she had given birth
to her child and a certificate of
her doctor was received by the
Court certifying that she was
restored to good health. Up to
the present she has not
sereved any of her sentence.
Pat Kelly appealed the caw
to the Supreme Court of
Montana, and on August 2,
1978, the trial was sent back to
Fallon County. The decree
from the Supreme Court stated
that in view of some of the
facts, Gloria was entitled to a
new trial. In the decree it
stated that due to the fact that
one of the jurors was reported
as talking about the trial and
his opinion in a local bar and in
view that he was allowed to
remain on the jury for another
day and that the Court asked
that he go home at the end of
the day and if anyone asked
him why he had done so to tell
them that he was ill, this
would constitute a re-trial.
Judge M. James Sorte from
WohT Point will conduct the
trial with the state's attorney
as Denzil Young beginning
January 15,1979. Costa of the
trial will be at the expense of
Fallon County.
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New rates for Fallon Memorial approved
Mr. Ron Martin, chairman
of the Montana Hospitals Rate
Review System, announced
that Fallon Memorial Hospital's submission of its proposed budget and rates for the
Chamber banquet
The annual Chamber of
Commerce Installation banquet will be held on Saturday,
January 13 with a cocktail hour
beginning at 6 o'clock and a
large prime rib dinner at 7
Glenn Moore will be guest
speaker talking abou the
Wheat situation both abroad
and at borne and about his
talks with tbe President,
All Chamber members, ranchers, farmers and interested
persons are invited to attend.
Please call your reservations in
Times Office at
Green Acres
or
to the
778-3344
778-9943.
The dinner will be $5.50 per
plate. Live music will follow
the banquet.
Installed will be the new
officers: Walt Stieg, President
Gwen Setinc, First Vice
President; Matt Helfrich, Second Vice President; Robert
Bakken, Treasurer Directors
will be Graham Roberts, Mark
Ruhle, Jan Kenitzer, Bob
Herbst. Larry Neutgens and
Bernie Heiser.
fiscay year ending 6-30-79 has
been examined by the Board of
MHRRS and rates for that
period have been approved.
Mr. Martin expressed the
Board's congratulatioas to the
hospital for having maintained
its rates for a period of aearty
two years prior to the moat
recent review.
Dan McLeod, Administrator
of Fallon Memorial Hospital,
commented that the hospital
would continue to do everything possible to control its
costs without lowering the
quality of care. He also stated
in
that much of the increase
next year's charges to patients
is caused by inflation in supply
costs, increases in the minimum wage and new services.
The MHRRS is a nonprofit
organization which reviews
modifies, rejects and approves
justified hospital charges after
dose evaluation of the hos-
E'tal's expenses in relation to
i needs and by comparison
with other facilities of similar
size aad service. Fifty of
Montana's sixty-one hospitals,
representing 83 percent of the
beds, participate in MHRRS.
Year for the blizzards
Hshing uniform minimum
wage rates for all covered
workers in the 50 states - $2.65
an hour effective this past Jan.
1, increasing annually to
$2.90, $3.10 and $3.35 an hour
by Jan. 1,1981. Farm workers
will receive tbe same wage
rates.
"The minimum wage law
protects workers at the low
end of the wage scale/ by
enabling them to store/, in
productivity gains and'maintain at least a minimum
itandard of living." Secretary
of Labor Ray Marshall said.
Plevna plays In holiday tournament
Tuesday, December 19, the
-Plevna Cougars traveled to
Reeder, N.D., to take put in a
Don-conference contest. The
Cougars experimented with a
variety of line-ups and defenses, which csusad some
iaeonsiatent .play. The Plevna
five was 'plagued by 31
turnovers, which thwarted aay
•"•offensive charges. The final
verdict went to the Rockets
64-45. Kevin Tennant led the
Cougar effort with 20 points
and 10 rebounds.
Friday, December 22, the
Cougars entertained Rhame.
The game was dose throughout aa Rhame led at all quarter
stops. The final quarter
belonged to the home five, as a
press payed off for Plevna as
they pulled out • 59-55 win.
Kevin Tennant had an excellent night with 29 points and
27 rebounds. Duane Gatzke
added 8 big points during the
last half. Rich Sparks engineered the comeback with 10
assists and intelligent floor
play. Once again the play of
Tom Lawrenz, Ken Rabe aad
John Lawrenz off the bench
was a big part of the Cougar
victory. '
The Plevna record is now 3-5
overall aad 2-3 in conference.
We are looking forward to the
upcoming conference games
as we feel the tmprovemtnt
made during December will
put us in tne thick of any
conference battle. The present
conference standings arc
Terry 6-0. Wibaux 5-0,
Rosebud 5-1, Hysham 3-2,
Ekalaka 2-3. Plevna 2-3,
Jordan 1-4, Busby 0-5 and
Pine Hills 0-6.
Cold and snowy weather
began on January 7 of 197S
and continued through March
with sub-zero temperatures.
We can all remember "The
Big Storm" in February which
was prccecded by ameay
"large storms" that left sesai
trucks in the ditches cotmrmi
with snow, aad the many times
the highways aad streets were
blocked.
As a saying, goes "the
weather is like a pendulum of a
dock if it goes oae way - h
must come back just as far the
other way". Aid that is just
what the summer brought.
Many hot days were experienced as many caa remember
Labor Day weekend aad the
first week of school when it
was dismissed because of the
heat
The end of 1978 stilL brought'
scene record weather with
aaowstorms and below zero
tema-erabxres.
Accordiag to the Almanac, it
looks Uke this part of the
country will experience a very
cold winter with lots of snow
until March. It says we will
have a wet ar-d mild March
and then, jut like the
pendulum, it will turn hot and
dry in July - however the dry
weather will come closer to the
fall months.
Oh well, we dont't Uve in
Montana for it's weather nn*r
do we?

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WEATHER
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FALLON COUNTY TIMES
VOLUME NO. SIXTY
THUISDAY, JANUARY 4,1979
BAKER, MONTANA S9313
NUMRER1
Sixth grade
basketball
The sixth grade basketball
team traveled to Rhame to
take on the Pirate cagers on
the stormy Monday night
before school was dismissed
for the holidays. Coach Yirka's
boys started slow and never
quite caught up. Rhame ran up
a i2 point lead before Jon
Neumann finally put Baker on
the scoreboard with a free
throw and. a field goal at the
end of thc first quarter. After a
19-5 halftime deficit, Baker
came on strong, led by Scott
Eichhorn who had nine of his
game high eleven points in the
third quarter. Dean Wang
scored 4 and Billy Larson,
Brett Hickey and Tye Stuart, 2
points each, to round out the
3aker scoring. But Rhame
controlled thc court throughout and went on to win, 35-24.
Flints new
owners
i
This week the Artie Cat and
Yamaha business operated by
J. D. Kyle exchanged hands to
Buzz and Kregg Flint. Kyle
has been operating the motor-,
cycle business for about 16
years and snowmobiles for
about 11 to 12 years.
Kyle stated, "It has really
been several good years
working with the people active
in sports but I will be glad to'
return to my auto glass and.
radiator business".
The Flints will be doing
business in the present building owned by Kyle which is
north of town until some time
this spring when they plan to
move it out near the drive-in
theater.
There will not be any
interruption in business with
the change of hands and
success in their new business
is extended to the Flints.
Vets
merge
Dr. Don L. Beck is pleased
to announce his association
with Dr. R. L. Cornelius at the
Fallon County Veterinary Service. Dr. Beck has been
operating the Baker Veterinary Ginic since June 1978.
Dr. Beck and Cornelius feel
that 1. better service can be
offered their clients in that a
veterinarian will be available
it night and weekends; 2. will
.illow them to lower their
rverhead due to less duplication of equipment, drugs and
••upplies; 3. will allow occasional free time so a
veterinarian with better humor
jvill be available on night calls.
They feel that the advantages far outweigh the disadvantages and look forward
to serving the community to
the best of their ability.
Eagan trial moved out of county-
Retrial will be held in Wolf Point
Coyote poison 1080 may
be legalized for control
Despite thc fact that the
recent U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service draft environmental
impact statement on predator
control said nothing about
allowing the use of Compound
1080. Fish and Wildlife
spokesmen say that there is
still a chance the compound
could be used again someday.
According to a spokesman
for the service, experiments
involving the use of Compound
1080 • a coyote poison - as a
toxicant in sheep collars are
now underway in the west and
will be concluded by thc end of
11979. „
\ K the testa are successful,
the compound may be in use in
sheep collars sometime in the
early 1980s, the spokesman
said.
According to the Fish and
Wildlife jookesman, this is the
only testing that has been
done with the poison since the
Environmental Protection
Agency banned its use in 1972.
The debate on whether 1080
is safe for use has "been
polarized since 1972" according to Ed Johnson, Deputy
Administrator for Pesticides at
EPA, with no significant
scientific evidence gathered to
prove the poison could be
administered reliably, and if
the poison outweighed the
damages being done to "non-
tar-aet" aabnala • aaimala not
billing* lives!-*-.'-'.
If the sheep collar can be
nrnvrn to be effective.
Johnson said, the use of 1060
within it could be okayed. It is
hoped that coyotes, which
usually attack sheep by biting
their necks, will instead grab
the collar which will eject the
poison into their mouths.
Tests with sheep collars are
still inconclusive, a spokesman
for the Fish and WUdlife
Service said.
In addition to the testing of
sheep collars in Texas, applications for more extensive
1080 research have been submitted to the EPA by Montana
and Texas.
Bat, aa a -result of "hole*"
in fhtiC&mm ' for testta*;..
Johnson said the appiteatkMks
were rejected.
Farm income Improves
For many Montana farmers
and ranchers, 1978 produced a
financial turn-around from
adverse debt situations to
fairly sound financial conditions.
In assessing how 1978 treated Montana agriculture, Dr.
Jim Cornelius said the combination of good growing
conditions and higher prices
has helped producers catch up
with production costs and, for
the most part, allow them to
keep pace with inflation.
Prices for choice steer calves
jumped from about 45 cents a
pound a year ago to their
present level of approximately
85 cents, although most animals probably sold in the 60 to
70 cent range. Cornelius
credited the increase to reduced cattle numbers, a strong
demand for beef, abundant
feed and a stronger economy
which boosted consumer purchases.
"The wheat situation is a
little different because most of
the roughly 60 cents per
bushel price increase over last
year came as a result of the
farm program, which effectively took a lot of wheat off of
the market" Cornelius said.
Although wheat exports have
remained strong, the price of
wheat probably will be governed somewhat by how U.S.
wheat stocks are bandied.
Inflation hasn't been limited
to the consumer, according to
Cornelius. Although land
New minimum wage
starts January T
Nearly 5.3 million American
workers will be eligible for a
pay raise on January 1, 1979,
when the Federal minimuir
wage rises to $2.90 per hour,
the U.S. Department of Laboi
announced.
Approximately 20,670
workers are covered by the
raise in Montana and 159,000
in the six state region which
Includes Co!o.. North and
South Dakota, Utah and
Wyoming.
On November 1. 1977,
President Carter signed
■amenamentt to the fair Labor
Standards Act (FLSA) eslab-
values in Montana are relatively low on a national scale,
they increased during 1978 by
17 percent, which was one of
the fastest rates in the
country.
"This means that even
though cash flow problems
continue to exist for fanners
and ranchers, those producers
who weathered the storm and
stayed in business continued
to accrue a higher net worth.
But higher land values also
mean it is getting progressively harder to get into
farming" Cornelius said.
He expects short term credit
to stay at least at the current
high levels for the next few
months. This may cause some
Furs In
groat
demand
The trapper* and hunters
are getting prime prices for
their predators this year as
furs are in great demand
throughout tbe nation.
Coyotes, fox, badger and
raccoon are this area's; most
popular animals. -'■''
When we called Leo Beckers
at Baker Hide and Fur to see
what the going prices are for
these animals, he reported
that he has given up to $100
for coyote, $90 for fox, $60-65
for badger and between $45-50
for raccoon. Of course, these
prices are determined by the
condition of the pelts.
producer;!, to postpone long
and intermediate term investments in the year ahead.
Seniors
apply far
$500
The Montana Association ot
Gerk & Recorders (MACR) is
again offering one $500.00
scholarship to a Montana
senior going into business
administration, political
sciences, secretarial or
government related studies.
This is the second year this
scholarship haa been offered
and was won by a girl from
Dodson last year. A Baker
high school girl was selected
for the five county district and
was rated among the top
applicants at state level, so it
is not impossible for this
scholarship to be awarded to a
Fallon County student. They
have as good a chance of
winning as anyone but do have
to apply by February 1.
The money for this scholarship is given to MACR by
News Election Service in payment of the precinct judges
and clerks calling in the
election returns from the po".s
on election night.
Scholarship application
forma are available at both
Plevna and Baker high schools
and at ihe Clerk 4 Recorder's
office and are due back in the
Clerk and Recorder's offlce by
February 1. Seniors pick up
your application now while it is
fresh on your mind and see if
we can bring this honor to
Fallon County.
Pat Kelly, attorney for
Gloria Eagan, made a motion
to the court for a change of
venue to have her re-trial
changed from FallonCounty to
Roosevelt County in Wolf
Point.
Mrs. Eagan was charged
with Mitigated Deliberate
Homicide in the shooting
death of Russell Hanson on
July 13,1975. She was brought
to trial in Fallon County in
February, 1976, and was found
guilty by a ten man, three
woman jury. She was sentenced by Judge Alfred B.
Coate on February 26,1976, to
five years incarceration in the
state prison at Deer- Lodge
with the sentencing not to
begin until she had given birth
to her child and a certificate of
her doctor was received by the
Court certifying that she was
restored to good health. Up to
the present she has not
sereved any of her sentence.
Pat Kelly appealed the caw
to the Supreme Court of
Montana, and on August 2,
1978, the trial was sent back to
Fallon County. The decree
from the Supreme Court stated
that in view of some of the
facts, Gloria was entitled to a
new trial. In the decree it
stated that due to the fact that
one of the jurors was reported
as talking about the trial and
his opinion in a local bar and in
view that he was allowed to
remain on the jury for another
day and that the Court asked
that he go home at the end of
the day and if anyone asked
him why he had done so to tell
them that he was ill, this
would constitute a re-trial.
Judge M. James Sorte from
WohT Point will conduct the
trial with the state's attorney
as Denzil Young beginning
January 15,1979. Costa of the
trial will be at the expense of
Fallon County.
Grouse looking for warm spot?
Whew, ye*